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Electronics, other items taken from Athens homes

published Sunday, September 1, 2013

A 79-year-old Athens man reported to police that sometime between June 15 and August 31, someone broke into his Payne Drive home. Three rifles valued at $1,200 were taken, along with a saw/drill set, seven chairs, a mirror, a lawn mower and coins, according to a report.

Two 21-year-old women reported to police that two laptop computers were taken from their Barnett Shoals Road home between 5 p.m. Friday and 1:15 a.m. Saturday.

A 24-year-old Athens man reported that his home on Barnett Shoals Road was burglarized between 11:30 a.m. Friday and 12:15 a.m. Saturday. A bookbag, an XBox 360 game system and a flat-screen television were taken, according to a report.